pejado
Portuguese, adjective/peˈʒa.du/
pejado is spelled P-E-J-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 157,828th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pejado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “loaded, filled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pejar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se da mulher e da fêmea dos animais em estado de prenhez”.
What does pejado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loaded, filled
verb
- 1
past participle of pejar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se da mulher e da fêmea dos animais em estado de prenhez
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pejado
- pejada feminine
- pejados masculine plural
- pejadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pejado?
- Brazil /peˈʒa.du/
- Portugal /pɨˈʒa.du/
- Portugal [pɨˈʒa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pejado in Portuguese?
pejado appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).